Google Chrome has rolled out an update that is focused on better, clearer privacy and security controls in the browser settings. These include easy controls over cookies, Site settings, shortcut to clear browsing data, option to block/allow third-party cookies in incognito mode, two major security upgrades and more.
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Google Chat has been a useful tool among the G Suite applications when the need arises to chat with contacts inside a domain. Now, Google has announced that they will be removing the domain constraints and let user’s chat with people outside of their G Suite domains.
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As we all confined within our homes due to coronavirus lockdown, the video conferencing app including Zoom, Google Meet, Facebook’s Messenger Room, and others are making a meteoric rise. Continue reading “Google Meet clocks 50 million downloads on the Play Store amid COVID-19 lockdown”
While Google has added a dark mode to most of its apps, including the Play Store, Calendar, Drive, etc. The Chrome browser has many dark mode elements built-in, however when using Google Search in the browser, users are presented with a blindingly white background. This may change soon as Chrome may start to display Search results with dark mode.
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Advertisements are annoying to most of us when surfing the web. What is even more annoying is when loading the advertisement, our devices will sometime slowdown due to how resource-intensive the advertisement is. To solve this, the developers at Chrome have decided that they will soon block all resource-heavy advertisements from showing on the browser.
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While some of us having very few tabs open in our Chrome browser, there are those who keeps tens of tabs open. For both types of users, Google is bringing a new tool called Tab Groups in their browser that will easily help users organise their tabs in groups, along with colour tagging and label options.
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Best Android smartphone for photography? Well, if you thought of Pixel by any chance, you are right. Credits go to Marc Levoy, the man behind the computational photography powering Pixel smartphones. He literally changed the game for Pixel series in terms of what we can expect out of smartphone cameras. Continue reading “Marc Levoy, man behind computational photography in Google Pixel devices quits”
Google has been discovered to be testing a new feature for their RCS-based Google Messages app that will help it better compete with Apple’s iMessage. The feature lets users send emoji reactions to text messages, which is a feature that has been present in iMessage for ages.
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Google’s music streaming services have been messy for the past few years with users split between Google Play Music and the newer YouTube Music. However, it looks like Google is banking on YouTube Music as they introduced a tool to easily transfer a user’s Google Play Music library, personal taste preferences and playlists over to YouTube Music.
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Over the years, Google Lens has become much better at using their AI to recognise text and images from a smartphone camera and provide contextual information. Today they released a new update that brings three new features; the ability to quickly copy text to a computer, text translation and pronunciation, and the ability to quickly look up concepts.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, most launch events have been shifted to online and on similar lines, Google also cancelled its annual I/O event recently. Now, the Cupertino-based tech giant has announced that the Beta launch show of Android 11 will take place online on YouTube and has released a teaser video of the same.
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Last month Apple and Google announced a joint effort to enable APIs and operating system-level technology to assist in enabling contact tracing using Bluetooth in the phones. The companies also announced they will release APIs that enable interoperability between Android and iOS devices using apps from public health authorities. Continue reading “Apple and Google will ban location tracking in COVID-19 exposure notification apps”
Google’s parent company, Alphabet had a strong beginning in revenue for the first quarter of 2020 but later saw a dip towards the end. In an earnings call, Alphabet released its Q1 2020 results, reporting a total revenue of $41.16 billion, that calculates to a YoY growth of 13%. The company saw a dip in its advertising revenue and saw a huge rise in their products like Search, YouTube, and Cloud.
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The age of wireless earbuds and accessories is upon us and the convenience and stability of Bluetooth connections has become ever more important. Pairing Bluetooth wireless earbuds can sometime be a painful process and can often result in poor connectivity. To tackle this, Google introduced Fast Pair for Android phones (from Android 6.0+) and has added new capabilities to enhance the experience.
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Getting good lighting conditions when participating in a video call is not always easy for everyone, especially with natural light. To help with this, Google is introducing a default low-light mode to its Meet app for iOS and Android, a feature that’s already found in Google Duo on mobile devices.
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